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What's going on with all these photos? The one just added to the article isn't a particuarly good image. Having met Ms Ehrenreich once, I would say the Birnbaum photo is the best likeness. Why can't we use that? -- Viajero 10:38, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Barbara Ehrenreich was Deputy Director of The Budget Office of The City of New York and then A Member of Health Policy Advisory Center (Health/PAC), with whom she co-edited The American Health Empire. This was considered her bridge experience from research scientist to politically active journalist and organizer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Red Dogg ( talk • contribs) .
I've read "Nickle and Dimed", and I remember her mentioning how she went to a church service in one town, where she commented that the hillbilly-like townspeople reminded her of her own people (her maiden name being Alexander). Now, she's Jewish, according to the list of Jewish journalists? Did someone just make an assumption about her married last name?
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Pick one please! They are two different things. -- 69.143.105.237 ( talk) 03:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Ehrenreich is in the category 'American atheists', but nothing is mentioned in the article. Is there a source on this? -- Karuna8 ( talk) 23:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Nothing? Well, I removed it. Put it back if you have a source. -- Karuna8 ( talk) 02:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
This edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Barbara_Ehrenreich&diff=prev&oldid=531061118 says "Undid revision [...] by [...] not in article, blp violation". It undid the addition of "[[Category:American cannabis activists]]"
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Is there any doubt that this person is a leader of (or, at least, she seems to have lent her name to) " NORML"? And isn't " NORML" one of the biggest and most well-known [US] organizations advocating / promoting "reform of marijuana laws"?
The article does already seem to contain this: "She also serves on the NORML Board of Directors, [...]".
So (humor me here), does that not count as being a cannabis activist? I am not un-doing the "undo" at this time (partly because it's a "blp" .. plus I could be wrong.) However, it seems to me that the "[[Category:American cannabis activists]]"
was appropriate.
Any advice? or other comments? -- Mike Schwartz ( talk) 01:36, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
The translations section just contains book titles transferred into other languages. I don't think this is necessary. Any argument against removing the content? --- Another Believer ( Talk) 15:30, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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I've added an "NPOV-section" tag to the "Criticism" section of this article. It is clearly an Ehrenreich bash-fest and igores the fact that many commentators saw Ehrenreich as a victim of left-wing purity politics and a circular-firing-squad mentiality, and/or as yet another example of negative social media "callout culture".
I'll also add that this section is an example of WP:RECENT, putting undue weight on criticism she has received during a recent event, and the inherent bias that a "Criticism" (as opposed to "Reception") article section has. Ehrenreich has had a lot career as an activist and writer, and has received a great deal of praise and criticism from across the political spectrum over the years. Her work cannot be distilled down to one recent Twitter war or a pithy statement like "Overall, we’re faced with yet another milkshake duck situation–where the people we thought to be good and pure end up showing an ugly side." Peter G Werner ( talk) 13:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
As someone coming to this article knowing nothing about Barbara Ehrenreich, including a single controversial tweet she made seems jarring and doesn't fit the scope of the rest of the article. Just my thoughts.
"In February 2019, Ehrenreich tweeted "I will be convinced that America is not in decline only when our de-cluttering guru Marie Kondo learns to speak English.”[20] This was called another example of a "milkshake duck situation" as she received negative feedback on social media and the press.[21][20]" Chris1564 ( talk) 03:29, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
I move to remove the socialist label from this Wikipedia article. While Ms. Ehrenreich writes from a progressive standpoint and has had associations with democratic socialists, that does not make her a socialist. -- CollegeMeltdown ( talk) 19:16, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
The lead of this bio seems quite promotional, as if someone picked out the highlights of Ehrenreich's career as they saw it, regardless of what's in the body of the article. For example the lead says that Nickel and Dimed is probably Ehrenreich's best known book and goes on to praise it, but the book is not discussed at all in the body of the bio. Goodtablemanners ( talk) 20:15, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
I don't believe that Reed College awarded BS degrees in the years that Ehrenreich attended. Pretty sure it would have been a BA degree. 2601:1C0:6100:AD:556F:92E6:2237:3460 ( talk) 06:12, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
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What's going on with all these photos? The one just added to the article isn't a particuarly good image. Having met Ms Ehrenreich once, I would say the Birnbaum photo is the best likeness. Why can't we use that? -- Viajero 10:38, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Barbara Ehrenreich was Deputy Director of The Budget Office of The City of New York and then A Member of Health Policy Advisory Center (Health/PAC), with whom she co-edited The American Health Empire. This was considered her bridge experience from research scientist to politically active journalist and organizer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Red Dogg ( talk • contribs) .
I've read "Nickle and Dimed", and I remember her mentioning how she went to a church service in one town, where she commented that the hillbilly-like townspeople reminded her of her own people (her maiden name being Alexander). Now, she's Jewish, according to the list of Jewish journalists? Did someone just make an assumption about her married last name?
Article appears to be compromised by removal of large portions of material by an anon IP add 68.... See history. This IP address user or these users appear to be attacking other articles (e.g., Alan Dershowitz. --NYScholar 19:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Pick one please! They are two different things. -- 69.143.105.237 ( talk) 03:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Ehrenreich is in the category 'American atheists', but nothing is mentioned in the article. Is there a source on this? -- Karuna8 ( talk) 23:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Nothing? Well, I removed it. Put it back if you have a source. -- Karuna8 ( talk) 02:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
This edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Barbara_Ehrenreich&diff=prev&oldid=531061118 says "Undid revision [...] by [...] not in article, blp violation". It undid the addition of "[[Category:American cannabis activists]]"
.
Is there any doubt that this person is a leader of (or, at least, she seems to have lent her name to) " NORML"? And isn't " NORML" one of the biggest and most well-known [US] organizations advocating / promoting "reform of marijuana laws"?
The article does already seem to contain this: "She also serves on the NORML Board of Directors, [...]".
So (humor me here), does that not count as being a cannabis activist? I am not un-doing the "undo" at this time (partly because it's a "blp" .. plus I could be wrong.) However, it seems to me that the "[[Category:American cannabis activists]]"
was appropriate.
Any advice? or other comments? -- Mike Schwartz ( talk) 01:36, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
The translations section just contains book titles transferred into other languages. I don't think this is necessary. Any argument against removing the content? --- Another Believer ( Talk) 15:30, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
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"Occupy" refers to "Occupy Wall Street." This is not in the list of essays she wrote.
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I've added an "NPOV-section" tag to the "Criticism" section of this article. It is clearly an Ehrenreich bash-fest and igores the fact that many commentators saw Ehrenreich as a victim of left-wing purity politics and a circular-firing-squad mentiality, and/or as yet another example of negative social media "callout culture".
I'll also add that this section is an example of WP:RECENT, putting undue weight on criticism she has received during a recent event, and the inherent bias that a "Criticism" (as opposed to "Reception") article section has. Ehrenreich has had a lot career as an activist and writer, and has received a great deal of praise and criticism from across the political spectrum over the years. Her work cannot be distilled down to one recent Twitter war or a pithy statement like "Overall, we’re faced with yet another milkshake duck situation–where the people we thought to be good and pure end up showing an ugly side." Peter G Werner ( talk) 13:11, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
As someone coming to this article knowing nothing about Barbara Ehrenreich, including a single controversial tweet she made seems jarring and doesn't fit the scope of the rest of the article. Just my thoughts.
"In February 2019, Ehrenreich tweeted "I will be convinced that America is not in decline only when our de-cluttering guru Marie Kondo learns to speak English.”[20] This was called another example of a "milkshake duck situation" as she received negative feedback on social media and the press.[21][20]" Chris1564 ( talk) 03:29, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
I move to remove the socialist label from this Wikipedia article. While Ms. Ehrenreich writes from a progressive standpoint and has had associations with democratic socialists, that does not make her a socialist. -- CollegeMeltdown ( talk) 19:16, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
The lead of this bio seems quite promotional, as if someone picked out the highlights of Ehrenreich's career as they saw it, regardless of what's in the body of the article. For example the lead says that Nickel and Dimed is probably Ehrenreich's best known book and goes on to praise it, but the book is not discussed at all in the body of the bio. Goodtablemanners ( talk) 20:15, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
I don't believe that Reed College awarded BS degrees in the years that Ehrenreich attended. Pretty sure it would have been a BA degree. 2601:1C0:6100:AD:556F:92E6:2237:3460 ( talk) 06:12, 11 May 2023 (UTC)